GoodQ – Good Question!
Christine Parsons has received a Circle U. grant
Earlier this year, Circle U. launched a call for projects focused on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Christine Parson's project "GoodQ – Good Question!" has been selected as one of three projects driving change in academic culture.
Led by Prof. Christine Parsons (Aarhus University) with partners at the University of Oslo, the IT University of Copenhagen and the Australian National University, GoodQ addresses a surprisingly overlooked aspect of academic life: how we ask questions.
In classroom discussions or after research presentations, questions shape academic dialogue but for many, especially women and minorities, speaking up in Q&A sessions can feel intimidating or even hostile. GoodQ tackles this by developing a practical workbook and digital phrasebank to support inclusive participation.
The project will bring together international researchers and a graphic facilitator in a workshop that will be hosted at Aarhus University. The workshop's goal is to make visible the subtle dynamics, such as feeling dismissed, ignored, or undermined, that can create exclusion, via concrete examples that can be illustrated graphically.
